Here are a couple photos from a trip to Sterling Vineyards in Calistoga, CA (Napa Valley). Yes, it is a large commercial vineyard, but Sterling offered a surprisingly easy-going experience without a ton of tourists. The winery itself sits high up on a mountainside, offering pleasurable views of the valley below. If the Greek architecture doesn’t make you forget where you are, the wine certainly will. Read more here: Sterling Vineyards

Speaking of first photographs, here is the first short film I ever made. Please don’t judge me, I was in college at the time. It was a time for experimenting, if you will. So turn the lights off and the sound up, sit back, relax, and enjoy a look into a college kid’s brain.

P.S. – This film won Best Picture at Virginia Tech’s Progeny Film Festival in 2004.